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TWO  Ll^.TTERS 


ADDRESSED  TO 

General  William  Hull 

On  his  conduct  as  a  Soldier,  in  the  Surrender 
of  Fort  Detroit,  to  General  Brock, 
>vilhout  resistance,  in  the  com- 
mencement of  the  late  war 
with  Great  Britain. 


i 


BY  TIMOTHY  WALKER, 

OfHopkinton,  Mass. 


..BOSTON  :  i 
Prikted  roR  Timothy  Walker. 


4ft21 


■^■" 


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9\l\ec? 

PREFACE. 

!^,^R    24  l*'*^  Hh.askea  why   the   following 

I        IF  the  cuesuon  should  b*-^  abitea  wuy 

.        time  that  he  «as  tned   ami  ;«;;«*  ^.„  „;,, 

I  had  »  strong  mclmation  to  write  i 

hi,  conduct,  bat  for  some   reasons  ""-y^Y  it  off 
.en  recoUect   (perhaps   verj...^^^^^^^ 

towhich  tnneior  lea  „„„,  ihp  ercater  part 

fi...  letter  to  the  General,  1  spent  the  grcaie    p 

m  my  first  letter  to  ^^    ^^^^^  ^j^,^,^,  I 

"        of  my  time  m  readmg,  and  ^™°"g   •       '         ^ad  been 
eame  across  some  appropriate  remarks  t  ^^ 

*v.o  trparherous  and  aDommauic 
„ade  on  the    "^^^  ;„„,„   „„  „h>ch  cansed 

''";    "ettLck  to  that. im.,  and  think  what  an   »^ 
n\e  to  reflect  oacis.  lu  Arnold   had 

,,easant.t.atio,.sV.n.dh^^^^ 

■  five  miles  helow  K^n^l^J-^^^^j/r  three  h.n- 
Hndson  River.  -P^^^^'^^  f,  ,„,  several  small 
dred  miles  from  my  parents,  J.  ^.^^  , 
children  «hich  were  as  dear  to  me  as  my  ^ 

■  then  thought  by  these  reflecuons  that  ^  «»"  ^^ 
correct  idea  o.  what  must  ^^^^^^ ''^^  j^^.J^edfessly 
the  brave  officers  and  -'  -'  f  ^J  ^l.  „te  war. 
given  up  to  their  enem.es  by  Gen.  H«U  n 

'These   reflections  gave  a  fresh  spnng  to  jv  ^_^ 

,0.  -n««ia JnCination  to  .r  e  to  -  Oene.^^,^^  ^^^ 

the  12th  ..f  February.  lo.O  1  ^**  ^^^  j^,  ,„i  ,„d 

in  hand  for  the  sole  purpose  of  eipressmg 


lowing 
ut   the 
ence   I 
is   trial 
cerning 
't   now 
t  it  off 
ar  1820 
ly  stated 
iter  part 
things  I 
ad  bfcen 
nduct  of 
h  caused 
it  an    «Q- 
nold   had 
soldier  on 
r  twenty- 
ide  of  the 
hree  hun- 
iral   small 
A?n  life.     I 
Id   form  a 
feelings   of 
,  needlessly 
ui  late  war, 
my   bereto- 
eial,  so  00 
took  my  pen 
the  real  and 


IV 

undisguised  sentiments  of  my  heart  to  Gen.  Hull,  rela- 
tive  to  his  abilities  and  conduct  in  former  days,  and  a1«o 
n.y  p.inte.l  disaprobation  of  his  conduct  in  upper  Cana- 
da,  and  at  Fort  Detroit  in  our  late  war. 

At  the  time  I  >vrote  the  first  letter  to  the  General    it 
was  far  from  my  intention  ever  so   far   to  expose  my 
weakness    as  to  give  the  letter  publicity,  but  after  hav- 
in-  the  letter  transcribed  by  a   person  that  can    writti 
fa"  better  than  lean  myself  at  this  advanced   age,   and 
-ending  xhe  same  to  xhe  General,  I  shewed  the  origmal 
to  many  persons  some  of  which  advised  me  to  have  it 
printed,  still  I  gave  them  but  little  encouragement  of  so 
doing,  at  length  Mr.  Lawsoq  Mc'Farland  of  llopkmloa 
put  into  my  hands  a  history  entitled  Sketches  of  the 
War  ;  and  by  perusing  its  pages  in  course,  I  came  to  a 
letter  that  was  addressed  .    the  secretary    of  War  by 
Col.  Lewis  Cass,  (now  Governor  Cass,)  concernmg  his 
giving  up  Fort  Detroit  and  the  troops  under  his   com* 

mmd  to  the  enemy,  and  his  sentiments  &  comments  m 

that  letter  were  so  congenial  to  my  feelings,  and  com- 

-cided  80  well  with  the  essence  of  my  letter  to  the  Gen^ 

eral  that  I  shortly  after  sent  the  General  a  second  let- 

ter  in  which  I  gave  him  to  understand  that  if  1  did  not 

receive  some  ansvver  from  him  shortly   1   shonld  have 

the  letter  printed,  and  as  1  have   not  yet  beard   any 

thing  from  him,  1  have  at  length  concluded  to  have  the 

whole  printed  and  sent  abroad  in  the  world  withoat  any 

expectation  or  desire  to  court  praise,  •v  without  any 

dread  or  tear  of  otfending  ari^ 

Tafi  Author. 


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Hopkinton,  Fehuary  12,  1820. 
To  Gen.  WiLtiAM  Hull, 

Sir,  1  Timothy  Walker,  am  a  man  that   is 
far  advanced  in  life.   1    am,   this  day,    sixty 
seven  years  of  age  ;  and  1  live  at  present,  m 
an  humble  spher.  ;  and  1  am  a  man  to  whom 
the  God  of  nature  has  not   been  over  bounti- 
ful ;  and  what  adds  to  my  misfortune,  is,  m    . 
acquired,  are  no  better  than  my  imtura   abili- 
ities.  Yet  1  am  not  wholly  without  consolations 
for  I  have  been  endued  with   a  very   good 
memory,  and  1  retain  it,  in   some  degree,  to 
the  present  day,  which  I  thmk  is  a  very  great 
blessing.     And  1  have  another,  very   exalted 
consolation,  which  is,  I  belong  to  that  class  ot 
men,  sir,  as  well  as  yourself,  to  whom   Presi- 
dent Monroe,  in  eighteen  hundred  seventeen, 
in  his  answer  to  an  address  from  the  society 
of  Cincinati,  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  said 
'<  that  nothing  can  be  more  gratifying  to  me, 
than  to  meet  the  surviving  members  of  my 
associates  in  arms,  who   distinguished   them- 
selves in  the  revolutionary  contest. 

Notwithstanding,  fir,  you  an4    I  were  in 

v/    the  tented  fields,  in  the  Uevolut.onry  war   at 

^    the  same  time,  yet  I  cannot  say    tha    I  ever 

knew,  or  saw  your  face,  until  after   that  war 

..vas  over.     But  since  that    contest   closed   I 

have    known  you    in  various   capacities     1 

lave  known  you  as  a  Judge  of  the  Common- 

1    plea  Court,  and  1  have  krwwn  you  in  your  mit- 


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hat  is 
,  sixtj 
sent,  m 
I  whom 
bounti- 

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a  I  abiU- 
olations 
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^ree,  to 
rr  great 

exalted 
;  class  of 
n  Presi- 
venteen, 

society 
'hia,  said 
or  to  nae, 
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id  them- 

> 

were  in 
y  war  at 
it  1  ever 
that  war 
closed  I 
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Common- 
1  your  mil" 


itary  capacity.      When  you    was  a  Bii^adicr 
General,  I  had  occasic^),  m    the    capacity    of 
Clerk  of  the  wf  st  Company  m  HopLinton,  to 
make  complaint  against  two  persons  for    ne-    , 
elect  ofduty,  at  a  brigade    muster   m    V>  ai- 
tham,  and  we  had  trial  before   you,   ai    your 
dwelling-house,  near  Angers  Corner  m  New- 
ton ;  and  I  must  confess  that  I  had,    at   that 
time,  a  very  good    opinion    of  your  ab.ht.e., 
and  also  of  your  conduct ;  and  my  good  opm- 
ion  did  follow  you  round,  through    the   vari- 
ous posts  of  ho«or  and  profit,  that  were  sub- 
sequently confered  on  you   by  Gcvernment. 
And  after  our  late  war,  in  eighteen   hundi  ed 
and  twelve,  was  declared  agamst  Great  Brit- 
ain, and  1  learnt  by  the  public  paP^.'-^' /^.^^ 
vou  was  appointed  to  take  command  ot  the 
northwestern  army,  Iwas  well  pleased  from 
a  belief  that-  your  patriotism,  courage,   ana 
generalship,  would  be  adequate  to  the  impor- 
tant undertaking  ;  and  when  it  was  announc- 
ed  in  the  papers,  that  Gen.  Kullhad  crossed 
over,  &  planted  the  American  standard  m  tl. 
Canada  my  heart  almost  leaped  for  joy ,from  a 
belief,  that,  if  you  did  not  conquer  the  whole 
of  the  Upper  Province,  you  would  soon  make 
yourself  master  of  the  enemies'  out-post.— 
And  it  did  appear  as  though  you  might  have 
taken  Fort  Maiden  with  ease,  and  with  but 
very   little    loss    of  men,  if  you  had  put  the 
plan  into  execution,  which  was  conceived  by 
the  council  of  war  which  you  had  called  to- 
o-ether  for  that  purpose.     But  instead  or  so 


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Join-,  you  struck  jour  colours  andtenls.  re- 
crossed- the  river,   took   shelter  in    I'orl  De- 
troit, and  left  ail  the    inhabitants   of  Upper 
Canada  that  had  stayed  at  home,  and  not  tak- 
Pn  up  arms  on  either  side  ;  and  all  those  that 
flocked  to  your  standard,  to  whom  jou   haU 
promised  protection  .n  your ^mpous  procla. 
mation,  to  the.  mercy  onPy  of  the  merciless— 
And  then,  si.,  your  sun  of  glory  set,  pud  nev- 
er  has  shewn  his  head  since  ;    and  le! t  you 
overshadowed  with  a  dark  cloud.    And  it  was 
:)ot   long   after,    that    another,   still   darker 
clouda.osein  your   hemisphere,   m  the   log 
and  mist  of  which,  yon  did  not  only- g.ve  up 
Fort  Detroit,    with  all  the  stores  that  were 
in  it  of  every  description,   and  the  whole  ot 
the  Michigan   Territory,  5)ut  y°u  gave  up 
yourself,  and  a  very  respectable  body  ot  ofti- 
cers   and  soldiers  that,   in  all    probabihty. 
would  have  fought  like  a  band  of  spartans,  it 
they  had  been  commanded  by  a  Macomb,  a 
^rown,  a  Harrison,  or  by  the  gal laoi  and  .n- 
trepid  Major Crogan,  whoso  boldly,  and  sue- 
cessfully  lii.indered  death  &  carnage  through 
the  ranks  of  his  enemies,  at  Lower  Sandusky, 
Such  are  the  men,  sir.  that  you  gave  up  to 
the  disDosal  of  a  cjuelnnd  barbarous  enemy, 
which  lou  migm,.nall  probabi.ity.  Have  re- 
pf-lled.ana  caused  to  re(r«at  with  great  Iosp 
knditismysoal-s   opinion,   that   you  would 
have  made  the  atl.i.npt,   at  Uast,  tt  you  tiau 
not  approximated  nigher  to  t,.o  cha.actei  ot 
^  traitor,  or  paltroon.  {hitn  yoa  did  to  lba.t  ot 


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n  patriotic  and  bold  commamkr        A  .hock- 
in^,  shocking,  and  la.neniab'e  la  e  • 
\t   length,    afl.r  a  cousKkrnblo    lapsr   .f 
time,  you    v.-as    formally  exchanged     an  1   a 
Cou  t^Martial    appointed,    and   )-" /.eld  to 
answer  to  certain  charges  and  specfnat  on 
which  were  alkdgcd  against  you,  concr,    n.g 
7onr  conduct  a^ain.       Alte-  some  consulera- 
ble  length  of  »rtne,  a  good  Iriend  of  mme  put 
into  my  hand  a  pamphlet,    that    gave   a    u!l, 
and  no^louht,  a  correct  account  of  your  tr.al 
and    '     -»^e;  and  1  lo<^t  no  tune    m  readu.g 
Z^    '  ^niished  It.       And   you  may  well 

com      '  by  that  time,   the  muiisgmsed 

fou%'a.    ..  chahged,    that   it  would  have 
unk  to  the  bottom  of  the  bottomless  T^^^^^^^ 

there  had  been  any  such  ^lace,  Now  must 
take  the  liberty,  so  far  to  digress,  as  o  em- 
ploy n'y  pen  for  a  few  moments,  to  tell  some 
Things  aVout  other  persons,  whose  characters 
stani  at  present,  a's  far  above  TO-s  as  the 
heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth.  Ky  rea- 
son  o  old  age  and  infirmities,  the  extreme 
•depth    .f  the  snow   and  the  severity  of  th« 

Sther,l  have  not  <^<>"- 7^\«I^^^^!.  ^ 
amuse  myselt  with  books.      And  1  have  late- 
ly  read  the  Naval  Biography  for  the  second     V 

or  third  time.      It  gives  a  P^^^^^^^^,  ^^^^^^^^^^ 
of  the  births,  parentase,  and  «obk  ^«^^^  J^^ 
eighteen  of  ouANaval  heroes.     And   I  have 
f^uo  .nnr«P.  of  the  Dreseut  week,  been  lead-      ^ 
i;;j^"Fr;sident  Monroe's  tour,  thiottgh   tue       ^ 


''Vl 


8 

northwesteni   States    in     eighteen     hundred 
Boveiiteen.  And     wheu    1  take  into  fon- 

sideition  the  man^  distinquished  and    mark- 
ed civilities,  praises,  and  honors,    that   were 
ho  meritoriously  be«tjned  on  him  ;  and   also 
the  unblemished  characters  and  valiant  deeds 
of  our  naval  heroes,  and  attempt    to   contrast 
them  with  the  character  of  iDren.  Wm.   Hull, 
in  our  late  war  with   Great  Britain,    I  must 
confess  1  know  of  no  language,  that  would  be 
c('ra[»ete»t  to  discribe  it.     But  suffice  it  to  say, 
if  1  had  the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  th»  elo- 
quenr.e  of  Cicero,  1  think  the  task  would  be 
too    hard    for   me    to    perform.     Now,   w, 
whether  you    have  ever  considered    of  your 
conduct  in  your  retired  hours,  o:  not,    1  can- 
not say  ;  but  this  I  think  /  can   safely   say, 
if  you   ever    have   reflected   back/and    duly 
considered  how  many  tears  of  sorrow,    days 
of  mourning,  and  sleepless  nights  have  been 
spent  by  the  Fathers    and   Mothers,    Sisters 
and  Brothers,  ol  these  unhappy  men  that  you 
so  needlessly  and  basely  gave  up  to  a  cruel 
enemy,  many  of  whom  were  transported  to  an 
inhospitable  clime,  and  there  made  to  suffer- 
with  cold  and  hunger  ;  /  say  sir,  if  ever  you 
have  seriously  considered  of  those  thii^gs,  I 
should  not  hnve   thought  it  strange,  if  you 
had,  Judas  like,  gone  and  hanged   yourself. 
But,  sir,  1  not  only  advise,  but  intreat  of  you 
never  to  be  guilty  of  suicide,  for  that  will  on- 
ly add  new  weight  to    yonr  load  of  ^g'J^*» 
which,   it  would  seem,    is    alieady  Ueavy 
enou^k  to  «iQk>tkQ  towaia.which  you  live; 


unci  red 
,0  ron- 

mark- 
t  were 
id  also 
t  deeds 
:ontrast 
Hull. 
I  must 
ould  be 

to  say, 
h©  elo- 
3uld  be 
w,  Wf 
)f  your 

1  can- 
ly  say, 
d  duly 
^,  days 
ve  been 

Sisters 
that  you 
a  cruel 
3d  to  an 
[)  suffer* 
ver  you 
hifigs,  I 

if  you 
oar  self, 
t  of  you 
will  on - 
f  guiU, 
'  Heavy 
>u  live, 


9 

♦ 

if  there  were  nol  more  than  five  or  tea  right- 
eous persons  in  it,  to  w.irJ  and  parry  off  tho 
frowns  and  judgments  of  heaven.  Zvery 
well  know,  sir,  it  is  an  old  saying,  it  is  hard 
to  twit  by  facts  ;  but  how  it  is,  that  you  can 
content  yourself,  and  have  the  boldness  to 
stay  among  people  that  kndw  you  have  just- 
ly forfeited  your  life,  and  have  had  the  sen- 
tence  of  death  pronounced  upon  you  for  a 
crime,  which  on  ,  /I  never  to  have  been  par- 
doned ;  and  that  it  is  only  from  the  clemen- 
cy of  President  iviadison,  that  you  are  now 
the  living  monut^onts  of  God's  sparing  mer- 
cy is  a  m}stery  to  me.       * 

Therefore,  if  I  were  to  give  you  any  fur- 
ther advice,  it  would  be  to  stay  no  longer  in 
Newton,  lo  shelter  your  guilty  head  under 
the  roof  of  a  splendid  mansion,  which,  I  have 
great  reason  to  believe,  was  built  with  British 
gold  I  whicb,  1  think,  augbt  to  have  been 
otherwise  appropriated.  1  think  it  would 
been  better,  if  it  had  been  put 'to  the  same 
use  that  the  Chief  Priests  put  the  thirty  pie- 
ces of  silver  to,  which  werfs  given  to  Judas, 
to  betray  his  master  5  which  was  to  buy  the 
potter's  field,  for  a  plac"  to  bury  strangers 
m,  because,  they  said,  it  was  the  price  of 
blood  ;  Or,  if  it  had  been  God's  will  to  hare 
it  applied  to  you,  as  the  ancient  natives  of 
Sou  n  America  did  their  shining  ore  to 
Fernando  Cortez,  who  was  one  of  the  earli- 
est Spanish  adventurers  to  that  region,  whith 
was  to  pour  it  down  his  throa/,  boiling  hot, 
through  a  funnel,  1  verily  belie I'c  in  my  heart) 


Y 


■  \ 


10 

there  are  a  great  many  people,  tViat  woulit 
have  said,  Aaieii,  Auien  1  the  will  of  the  Lortl 
is  done. 

Is  there  not  some  curse,  some  hidden  thunder 

Red  with  uncommon  wrath  !  - 

To  blast  the  wretch,  that  owes  his  greatness 

To  his  countries  ruin  '.  t 

For  fear  that  I  shall  give  you  some  occasion 
to  think,    that  I   am  too  sarcastic,  and  bear 
down  too  hard,  I  will  change    my   discourse, 
go  back  and  tell  what  .vhold  be   my   further 
advice,  if  I  was  under  any  obligation   to  give 
it ;  which  would  be  for  you  to  stay  no  longer 
in  Newton,  but  repair  without  delay  1o  some 
tjnfrequented  wilderness,    where   the    foot- 
steps  of  no  human  being  ever  before    were 
*een  ;  and  were  no  voice, is  to  be  heard,  but 
.    ihe  hideous  yells  of  ferocious  beasts  of  prey, 
that   Eire  thirstirig  for  your  blood  ;  and  there 
in    an     humble,    y^a    in    a    very    humble, 
iiid    peuitent   manner     with    deep    contri- 
tion of   heart,  fall    down   on    your    knees, 
iind  etideatour,  by  your  unfeigned  and  un- 
^eadmg   pfayers  *.id  tears,   to  appease  the 
^^ath  of  atl   offended  God,  atid  if  possible, 
bbtaitt  forgivetie^^  for  the  sins  that  you  have 
ebttitnritted  6gaitet  hiria  and  your  country  5—* 
atid  there  reoiain  k  despifeed  and   miserable 
Tt-bglodyte,  until  death  shall  end  the  scene. 
1  hojie;  sir,  you  will  have  the  goodness   to 
f^ceite,  and  read  this  long  scrawl  with  com- 
fti^iui'*,  and  keep  it  for  an  admonisher  \    it  is 


tl 


>-^* 


woulii 

ndcr 
ness. 


possible,  It  may  be  the  means  of  saving  your 
soul  alive.  By  s^^oiilg,  you  will  oblige  your 
friend,  TIMOTHY  WALKER. 

Gen.  Wm,  Hull. 

N.  B.    If  you  a  e  disposed  to  make  a  return,  it 
will  gladly  be  received  by  me. 


occasion 
nd  bear 
iscouise, 

further 
I  to  give 
10  longer 
1o  some 
he  foot- 
ffe  were 
eard,  but 
i  of  prey, 
ind  there 

humble, 
p  contri- 
ir  knees, 
I  and  un- 
pease  the 
'  possible, 

you  have 

ountry  5-^ 
miserable 

the  scene. 

3odnes»  to 
with  com- 

iher }    it  is 


Nine  months  ago  this   day  I  addressed 
a  Icmg  fetter  to  you  in  which  I  bestowed  up- 
on you  as  1  then,  and  now  think  some  mer- 
ited  encomium*  Ffespecting  jrourabiliiies  and 
conduct  in   former   days.     I   also    with    as 
much  frankness  in  the  same  letter  expressed 
my  pointed  disaprobation   against   your  de- 
testable  and  deleterious  conduct  while  at  the 
head  of  the  North  Western  army   in  upper 
Canajja,  and  at  Fort  Detroit  in  our  late  war 
with  Great  Britian. 

At  the  time  I  sent  the  letter  to  yon,  I  en- 
tertained a  strong   hope  and   had  some  ex- 
pectation that  I  should  receive  an  answer  to 
my  letter,  from  you,  but  alas  1  those  expect- 
ations   have  long   ago  been   at  an-  end. — 
Therefore  I  take  this  method  to  inform  yon, 
air,  that  I  have  now  in  my  possession  the   o- 
riginal  letter  in  my  own  hand  writing,  from 
which,  the  letter  I  sent  to  you  was  copied, 
and  that  I  have,  at  divers  times  and  by  di- 
vers  persons,  been  importuned  to  have  said 
letter  printed.    Now;  sir,  unless  I   receive, 


pnd  that  without  <^elay,  some  permauen^^ajid 
^satisfactory  objecdoDS  t#  the  mea«ure  rroa* 
\ou,  1  have  made  up  my  miad  to  yield  to 
those  importunities,  and  have  the  letter  print- 
ed and  sent  abroad  into  the  world ;  where 
I  fancy  it  wiU  be  read  with  delight  by  hi»  ex- 
cellency Governor  Cass,  &rby  the  freemen  m 
the  Michigan  Tetritory,  whom  it  appears, 
you  was  willing  to  make  vassal  slaves  a(r 
the  time  that  you  gave  up  Fort  Detroit. 

from  yours, 

TIMOTHY  WALKER. 
To  Gen.  WILLIAM  HULL. 


JINIS. 


^  ■    ^ 


i 


len^  juid 
re  from 
ield  to 
5r  print- 
;  where 
'  hi»  ex- 
emen  ia 
tppears, 
aves  at 
dit. 


LKEft. 


